Name

Usage

Description

This is the PGXN main site PSGI server. It automatically figures out the environment it is run in, and runs your application in that environment. FastCGI, CGI, AnyEvent and others can all be detected. See Plack::Loader for the authoritative list.

Options

--api-url URL URL for the PGXN API server.
--private-api-url URL URL to a private API server.
--errors-to EMAIL Email to which error messages should be sent.
--errors-from EMAIL Email to use on the From line of error messages.
--feedback-to EMAIL Email to which users can submit feedback.
--reverse-proxy Run behind a reverse proxy server.
-o --host Bind TCP daemon to the specified interface.
-p --port Listen on the specified TCP port.
-s --server Plack server to use.
-S --socket UNIX domain socket path to listen on.
-l --listen Address to listen on.
-D --daemonize Make the process go to the background.
-I PATH Specify a Perl include library path.
-E --env ENV Run with the specified environment.
-r --reload Reload when a development file changes.
-R --Reload PATH Reload when a file in the specified path changes.
-L --loader LOADER Run with specified loading class.
--access-log PATH Write access log to the specified file.
-h --help Print a usage statement and exit.
-m --man Print the complete documentation and exit.
-v --version Print the version number and exit.

Option Details

--api-url

URL for a PGXN::API-powered API server. Most of the site content comes from the API and many links go back to it.

--private-api-url

URL for a private PGXN::API-powered API server. Useful if the API server is on the same box or a shared file system, as you can then use a file: URL to access the content directly from the file system rather than over HTTP.

--errors-to

Specify an email address to which to send error information. Whenever the server encounters a 500 error, it will send detailed information, including a stack trace, to this address.

--errors-from

The email address from which error messages should appear to be sent.

--feedback-to

Specify an email address to be published in the app as a link. Users will be able to click the link to send feedback about the site.

--reverse-proxy

Specify this option if the server is running behind a reverse proxy server. This activate the Plack::Middleware::ReverseProxy middleware, which fixes proxied requests so that end-user client data is properly available to the app (and URLs in the app will be correct).

-o, --host

The interface a TCP based server daemon binds to. Defaults to undef, which lets most server back ends bind the any (*) interface. This option does nothing if the server does not support TCP socket.

-p, --port

The port number a TCP based server daemon listens on. Defaults to 5000. This option does nothing if the server does not support TCP socket.

-s, --server

Select a specific implementation to run on using the PLACK_SERVER environment variable or use the -s or --server flag which will be preferred over the environment variable.

-S, --socket

UNIX domain socket path to listen on. Defaults to undef. This option does nothing if the server doesn't support UNIX sockets.

-l, --listen

Addresses on which to listen. It could be HOST:PORT, :PORT or PATH (without colons). It could be multiple but it depends on the server implementations whether multiple interfaces are supported.

-D, --daemonize

Makes the process go background. It's up to the back end server/handler implementation whether this option is respected or not.

-I

Specify perl library include path, like perl's -I option.

-E, --env

Specify the environment option (default is development). You can set this value by setting PLACK_ENV environment variable as well, and specifying the value with the command line options writes back to PLACK_ENV as well, so the API server can tell which environment setting the application is running on.

# These two are the same
pgxn_site_server -E deployment
env PLACK_ENV=deployment pgxn_site_server

The value can be anything but commonly used ones are development, deployment and test.

If it's set to development, following middleware components are enabled by default: AccessLog, StackTrace and Lint.

-r, --reload

Watch for updates in your development directory and restart the server whenever a file is updated. This option by default watches the lib directory. Use -R if you want to watch other directories.

-R, --Reload

-R option allows you to specify the path to watch file updates separated by comma (,).

pgxn_site_server -R /path/to/project/lib,/path/to/project/templates

-L, --loader

Specify the server loading subclass that implements how to run the server. Available options are Plack::Loader (default), Restarter (automatically set when -r or -R is used), Delayed and Shotgun.

See Also

Author

Copyright and License

Copyright (c) 2011 David E. Wheeler.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the PostgreSQL License.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.

In no event shall David E. Wheeler be liable to any party for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, including lost profits, arising out of the use of this software and its documentation, even if David E. Wheeler has been advised of the possibility of such damage.

David E. Wheeler specifically disclaims any warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The software provided hereunder is on an "as is" basis, and David E. Wheeler has no obligations to provide maintenance, support, updates, enhancements, or modifications.

Module Install Instructions

To install pgxn_site_server, simply copy and paste either of the commands in to your terminal